1. WPO – ITN management & HR Seamus Hegarty HR-RPM 12-month review, 1.10.09

2. Deliverables WP0 deliverables defined in Annex I : – Annual S&T and management/financial reports to the Commission – Prepare workshops & training events indicated in tables 7 & 8 in sections 2.3.1 & 2.3.2. – Final S&T and management/financial report to the Commission Other actions which we consider as deliverables but not in Annex I

3. Budget / Monitoring 25% of ACEOLE contract run so far 30% of training budget spent Individual expenditure follow-up tool coming 1 st full periodic report not due until 2010 Progress report for 1 st year being compiled now

4. Workshops & training events Funding so far to : – CHEP, Prague, April 09 – TWEPP, Paris, September 09 Other events to follow in years 2-4

5. Recruitment Researchers – 15 recruited : 12 ESRs + 3 ERs – 2 ERs have already finished – recruitment in 2 main batches July 08 & March 09 – good nationality spread – 2 ERs still to be recruited Visiting Scientists – work in progress

6. Management meetings Kick Off – 2 October 2008 6 month – 2 April 2009 12 month – 1 October 2009 Other meetings with WP Leaders

7. Secondment A few secondments done – more coming Some challenges at practical level – European Commission informed

8. CDP & follow-up CDPs done on time Good guidelines to help plan work, training and expenditure Activity logs – common tool

9. Awareness of rights European Commission reminding us that recruited researchers should know their rights / entitlements Salary at CERN as Fellow equates to EC’s : – Living Allowance – Mobility Allowance – Travel Allowance – Career Exploratory Allowance

10. Extras delivered Summer Review Visits to Brussels / Project Officer ACEOLE involvement in poster session being planned at CERN Dec 09 DAQ School in Ankara being planned Feb 10